The Village of Delta has formed a Sesquicentennial celebration committee and they are planning a variety of fun, informative events for individuals and families to be held starting December 31, 2012 through October 2013. We will be posting details of the events on these web pages as plans are made and dates are set.  We are also posting historical articles about Delta and photos of the past and present.   So keep checking back as these pages are updated.

Calendar of Sesquicentennial Events

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sesquicentennial Homepage

Sesquicentennial Committee Appreciation Page

1888 Map of Delta

Current Map of Delta

1858 York Township Plat Map

1858 Swan Creek Township Plat Map

--------------  History of Methodist Episcopal Church    Delta Area 1856-1913

King Family Underground Railroad

     Dedication Ceremony  Underground Railroad Monument Event Information

King Family Underground Railroad Marker

       Pictures of Monument and Dedication Ceremony

"The Life of William King"   By William R. Gregg

MORE on the KING /DONAHUE / BROOKS family Branch 

    Family of Catherine KING Donahue, sister of Reverend William KING

KING Family Descendant Register Report

-------------- Chicken Festival History in the News

                Delta Chicken Festival Newspaper Articles from Past Years

Delta Photos of the Past

1860 Federal Census list for Village of Delta

with other facts and biographical information of the early settlers

Mary Augusta WOOD

First child born in village of Delta

Delta Antique Building Collapses

June 12 2008

Other Page Links

Village Government

Police Department

Fire Department

School History

Photos of the Delta Fernwood School -  different sides of School, Home Ec and Industrial Art / bus Garage

2012 Photos of School before Demolition

2012 Photos of the School Demolition

Pike-Delta-York Employee Obituaries

Delta High School List of Alumni from Class of 1879 to Class of 1936

1889 Delta High School History from 1939 Del Hi

Business & Industry  

Origin of Oval Wood Dish Company 1883-1916, Jacob M. Longnecker,  the VanCamp / Pet Milk Company and some other more recent and current Businesses over the years.  Markey Bronze 1930's photo, Davenport Hardware, Harmon Chevorlet,

Oval Wood Dish operations 1916-1964 after move from Delta to Michigan

Roger Sullivan's Obituary -owner Oval Wood Dish Co. Tupper Lake NY

More about the Longnecker Family of Delta

"The Winds of Change of Change Sweep into Delta" -North Star Steel

Rupp's Hatchery History and the first Chicken Festival

Dailey's Jewelry Store

Baker Furtniture Store History

Hartley Electric Appliance Store

Bernath Furniture Store

Delta Photos

Veterans / Legion

Village of Delta Civil War Veteran Burials

Delta Reservoirs &  Bad Creek

More History Along Bad Creek -Early Indian History & Winameg Mounds on National Register

* Transcription of the Excavation Report of the Mounds in 1893

* Mastodon Bones Unearthed at Winameg in 1978

Prominent Residents   -More facts and biographies of residents

          2013 Delta Citizen of the Year - Glenn Mohler

Doctor Samuel Bell Finney 

Odds and Ends

The Great Auto Race of 1908 -German Protos makes stop in Delta

 

More Odds and Ends -page 2

 

Odds and Ends Continued  -page 3

 

Village of Delta

Delta Chamber of Commerce

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